Beaux Doucet, 6, of Cassville, slid into a pile of snow while playing in the precipitation last week. On Thursday and Friday, cities in Barry County received between 5-8 inches of snow, with Cassville getting 5.5 inches.
Stephen Ray “Steve” Bateman, 69, of Wheaton, Mo. passed away Monday, January 6, 2025, at Roaring River Health and Rehab in Cassville, Mo.
Steven LaVerne Vore, 70, of LaVista, Nebraska, formerly of Pierce City, Missouri, died at 1:25 p.m. on Saturday, January 4, 2025, at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center – Bergan Mercy in Omaha, Nebraska, following a short illness.
40 YEARS AGO: FAST HILL, SLICK SNOW — An impassable Third Street hill in Cassville served as an ideal sledding area Monday for groups of youngsters out of school.
There is a small but noisy minority “who want to see no evil and hear no evil, even though they know in their hearts that evil exists,” FDR said on Sunday, Dec. 29, 1940.
Mark Davis, Senior Vice President and Barry County Market President, of CS Bank, has announced the promotion of Marla Shore to vice president and loan officer of the CS Bank Cassville facility. Shore is a native of the Cassville area.
Michael “Mike” Danley, 71, of Eagle Rock, Mo. passed away Friday, January 3, 2025, at his home.
As a result of a second Fulbright Scholarship, a Purdy native is preparing to bring some tune to Tunisia. Jason Terry, a 2005 graduate of Purdy High School and the son of Steve and Mary Terry of Purdy, will soon begin his second venture abroad as a Fulbright Scholarship recipient — this time as a piano-tuning instructor at the Arab and Mediterranean Music Center in Tunisia.
A Purdy man is facing three felony charges after allegedly restraining and molesting a victim in Barry County. Jesi Owen, born 1989, of Purdy, is charged with first-degree kidnapping, first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy.
The Monett Area Chamber of Commerce will bring back its popular agriculture conferences in 2025. Monett Dairy Day and the Beef Cattlemen’s Conference will again be held on the same day, Tuesday, Feb.
